Patents by Inventor Matthew T. Gardner

Matthew T. Gardner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Impregnated ceramic riser tube and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 6024259
    Abstract: A riser tube for transfer of molten metal therethrough, including a porous ceramic substrate having a hollow cylindrical structure and ceramic impregnant material penetrating into pores of the substrate and plugging at least a portion of the surface pores thereof, to improve gas impermeability of the substrate. According to the present invention, the porous ceramic substrate is immersed in impregnation media containing ceramic particles, the impregnation media is subjected to an elevated pressure such that the media penetrates the pores of the substrate, and the impregnated substrate is then fired, whereby the ceramic particles form a ceramic impregnant material that plugs at least a portion of the surface pores of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Blasch Precision Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew T. Gardner, David A. Larsen